Notice Date & Time: 1/26/15 10:24 AM
Notice is hereby given that Willard City will be holding a Municipal Election on November 3, 2015. Positions available are: (3) City Council Positions - each are 4 year terms. Declarations of Candidacy will be accepted beginning June 1, 2015.
20A-9-203. Declarations of candidacy -- Municipal general elections.
(1)(a)(i) A person may become a candidate for any municipal office if:
(A) the person is a registered voter; and
(B)(I) the person has resided within the municipality in which that person seeks to hold elective office for the 12 consecutive months immediately before the date of the election; or
(II) if the territory in which the person resides was annexed into the municipality, the person has resided within the annexed territory or the municipality the 12 consecutive months immediately before the date of the election.
(ii)For purposes of determining whether a person meets the residency requirement of Subsection (1)(a)(i)(B)(I) in a municipality that was incorporated less than 12 months before the election, the municipality shall be considered to have been incorporated 12 months before the date of the election.
(b)In addition to the requirements of Subsection (1)(a), each candidate for a municipal council position shall, if elected from a district, be a resident of the council district from which elected.
(c)In accordance with Utah Constitution Article IV, Section 6, any mentally incompetent person, any person convicted of a felony, or any person convicted of treason or a crime against the elective franchise may not hold office in this state until the right to hold elective office is restored under Section 20A-2-101.3 or 20A-2-101.5.
Declarations of Candidacy must be filed in person with the City Recorder during office hours 8 am to 5 pm, June 1, 2015, through June 8, 2015.
